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When your energy takes a nosedive, it's time for a quick workday
exercise session--no running shoes or spandex required. Joy
Keller, a San Diego-based certified personal trainer and yoga
teacher and IDEA Health & Fitness Association expert, taught
us some simple moves. Only have time for one of these? Do the
twist. "In yoga," Keller says, "twisting poses are believed to
bring prana (energy) to the body's organs."
-- Katherine
Duncan

1. Sit tall on a chair, feet on the floor.
Inhale.

2. Exhale and twist slowly toward the right.
Keep your head and shoulders relaxed. Twist only as far as feels
comfortable.

3. Hold the back corner of the chair and
maintain the pose for five breaths.

5. Squeeze your shoulder blades together,
holding for a count of three each time. Do 10 repetitions.

1. Kneel on your right knee on the floor beside
your desk. (Place a pad under the knee if you experience
discomfort.) Balance by bending your left leg and putting your
left foot on the floor in front of you.

2. Take your left hand, place it on your left
hip at the crease and pull it back. Tilt the pelvis under while
you do this.

3. Inhale and sweep the right arm to the side and
up. Turn your head to the left and exhale. Inhale. Bring
your arm back down to your side. Repeat five times.

4. Switch sides.

Is one person sucking the life out of your office? Follow our
instructional script and get that energy zapper up to speed.

M: Well, I hope you're enjoying that … piece of
… dry t--Listen, I've been meaning to talk to you about the
meeting a few days ago. There's this thing you do. The meeting is
going along nicely, people are throwing out ideas--good ideas,
bad ideas, a wild adventure of thought is what it is, maybe it
will lead somewhere, maybe it won't--and then you'll utter a
subtle yet somehow brutal judgment of the merits of whatever is
being talked about that just … it's a killer. Judgment is one
thing, but delivered in such a deadpan, unfeeling way? That kind
of judgment has a way of momentarily demoralizing everyone. The
balance is upset. And with a meeting like that, the balance of
any particular moment is everything. The concept for a meeting
is: You bring ideas, and you also bring the energy that fosters
and nurtures ideas. And you maintain that energy throughout the
meeting--even when an idea is bad. It's professional empathy,
really. But I've noticed you yawning. And staring at your lap.
And checking your device. These things seem innocuous, but
they're not. They're meeting grenades. Also, and there's really
no other way to describe it: You're slumpy.

EZ: Slumpy?

M: Slumpy.

EZ: [stares]

M: They call you Eeyore. [sighs] Eeyore. EZ:
What?

M: Winnie-the-Pooh's friend.

EZ: [stares]

M: Here's the thing: When you say an idea is
bad, I almost always agree with you. But the problem is that any
value of the rightness of your position is foiled by your
insolent tone. I value risk-taking and energy and generosity as
much as acumen and precision and candor. Right now you're all
about the latter. I need you to balance things with the former. I
want you to work here, but more thoughtfully, more energetically.
Let's put it this way: Your professional comportment is that
slice of toast. I need you to spread some butter on that toast.
Some jam, maybe. An interesting jam, too. Peach. Maybe
lingonberry.